Rubber ice-cream shipper



April 29, 1930.

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s. o. sTAAKE 1,756,039

RUBBER ICE CREAM SHIPPER Filed April 27. 1928 O ksmafe,

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Patented Apr. 29, 1930 *UNiTEuA STATES PATENT OFFICE SPENCER O. STAAKE, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF '10 RALPH v W. HUTCHENS, 0F EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN RUBBER ICE-CREAM. SHIPPER Application mea April 27,

`My present invention relates to shipping containers, and more particularly to a shipping container for perishable goods such as ice-cream, milk and the like. Specically, thisinvention contemplates-the provision of a shipper especially adapted for the shippingof cans ofV ice-cream. A

' Heretofore it has been customary to ship cans of ice-cream in either kegs of ice or canvas'linedA bags filled with various kinds of heat insulating material, and at present there is quite a demand for an eiiicient shipper of the vlatter type which does not require the useof ice. However, due to the fact that the canvas type of shipper is expensive and wears out quickly, it' has n ot proven satisfactory enough to meet the demand. Also the canvas type of bag is in 'most cases unsanitary as well as cumbersome," andit does not present an rinviting appearance.

Therefore, I propose to provide an improved shipper of the type which does not require the use of ice for ice-cream containers and the like.

f An object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive ice-cream shipper which is not only highly sanitary but in addition alfords a neat and pleasing appearance.

Another object of my invention'resides in the provision of a relatively rigid shipper made of a flexible material, whereby the wall of the shipper will adjust itselfftoconform to the shape of the ice-cream can disposed therein,so that the shipper can receive the can even though there are'slight bumps and irregularities in its surface. Still another object of this invention is the provision of a shipping container for icecream shaped to-conform with the can in which the ice-cream is shipped.

' A further object of my invention is to provide a rubber shipper adapted to receive bodily a container of ice-cream and to completely protectand seal the ice-cream from the deleterious effects of the atmosphere surrounding the shipper. l

A still further object ofthe invention resides in the provision of an improved shipper for cans of ice-cream and the like capable ma serial No. 273,174.

of relatively rough handling and comprising a rubber container having spaced ribs formed on its inner surface for defining air pockets between the wall of the can and the shipper. Still another and further object of this invention is to provide an inexpensive icecream shipper including two parts, namely a container proper and a top therefor, each of whichjparts comprises a single member of molded rubber.

In accordance with the features of the invention I provide an ice-cream shipper made substantially throughout of rubber includino a container and a removabletop connected thereto by a rubber strap serving as a handle, a handle having one end secured to the body or container of the shipper and having its othervend arranged for cooperation with a buckle secured to the container opposite the lirst mentioned end of the strap. Other objects and advantages of my inventionfwill more fully appear from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates a single embodiment thereof and in which Figure I is an elevation of a shipper of my inventionv partly broken away in order to show the position of an ice-cream can therein;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the shipper shown in Figure l;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the shipper showing the cover in its open position, and y "Figure 4 is a plan view of the shipper with the lcover 'applied and secured to the container.

In the drawings like reference characters designatesimilar parts throughout the several views. V

The shipper `comprises two parts, namely a container/l0 and a cover or top therefor 11. Each of these parts comprises a single molded member which may be made in any suitable rubber molding apparatus. Of course, it is to be understood that although I have disclosed vthe shipper as being preferably made of rubber, the invention is not to be thus limited for obviously there are a number of other plastic materials Which might be used in place of rubber.`

The container includes a base 12 and a cylindrical Wall 13 formed integral therewith. The upper edge of the Wall 13 has formed on its. outer. Sflean annular rib 1.4 deiining ashouldenl for' receiving a ring'- like flange 16 formed integral With the top 11.. Attention is directed to the fact that the. top 11 includes. an; irregularly. formedv portion 17 disposed integraliviththeiiange 16 and shaped to'cenferm With the top of an ist() benoted thatg'thenortion17 of the tQp ll5 has yformed in it. a pluis,altig.v Qt Slantng spaced. .ribs y1.9.. ,adapted Ato engage the. .top VOli an 'ice-.cream canyrilch. as. thecan Shown/n Figure. 1 yand" designated generally by the feferenee, CharaQterVQ/.Q l

Attention is. .directed to the fact that. even thQugh the.v Wall 'O f the ice-creeer @an Y may have slight blunps orgv therirregularities there'n;,` these irregularities; will Vnot prevent the. insertion, @fthe ,can 'infn-iv rubber Shipper clue tethefad. thatthe wall yS13-ofthe Shipper is.. relatively flexible-and Cali-readily -contorni te the shape oiltliecan therein.; Of'course, it is to be remembered thatreveiilthoughlthe wall. .1.3 is.. flexible th. .Container as a Whole is relatively.: rigi'd,.so that il? ,is'at 'all times maintained in'. substantially the 'shape/,Shawn in The. ribs 18Y and fl9rse1zve ter ,spaceithe wall and top of the can inthe shipper'from-the inner. surfaces oi, the Ycontail-116.213` 1.0i and the top 1 1V so., that-. air v packets., are maintained between. the` shp-prf'anl the outer Surface. of the can. These air pockets will aid the preservation of thaice?ereamf or other. perishp able goods, in .themen lWithin` 'the shipper,

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'.lhetop. 1110i the shipper issecuredto the contailerl hy means el? Iiiihher Strap` A21 having` an intermediate.' porti-.0h thereof formejfclintoa handle pQrtQIi Qheell 0f the strap has connected to i't a hinge 22 which is .fastened to. .the uba-14: fof. Container. 10 and flange 16 yof top 11j and serves to hingedly connect the top to the container. l'.Il'ie other end ofthe strap 21 has aperturesformed thereinV se aste cooper-ate with a.. buckle 23 seeu'redl at'Qlg to the Wall-131ofcon-tainer 10i lt-lwil'l :be evident thatr Whenl the free end of 'theestrapi is Vin;y cooperation 7with the buckle 23g the. handle22 `hilary be "used toflift the v angel [shipper sliglnly advantageous in View @tithe fact-that it may be, readily' sterilized and may he. roughly handled with:v

out damaging the ice-cream can therein, since the rubber of which the shipper is made takes up any impact or bloW Which may be imposed upon the shipper during the handling of the saine. 1 1 has a tight. lit on top of theV container 10, soy that when thecover isl in(` its closed position the inside of the shipper is completely sealed from the surrounding atmosphere thus enabling the ice-.cream or.. other? perishable goods therei'nrto be insulated from the deleterious effects of the atmosphere.

-Nowgof ceu-rse, it is to be understood that although l have illustrated and described in detail' the preferred form of my invention,

the invention is not to Vbe thusllirnit-ed, but only. in; soL rarY asl defined hy vthe vscape and spirit ofthe appendedclaiI-ns.

' Isl-aim, as my invention such forl example as ice-creamyvcomprising arelatively rigid container.formediV te receive ancl-CQ-nform with the Shape. Qlitlieelan and Comprisingl 'a lrhelflerl plastid construe tin, the Wallo'f which is relatively iiexibfle fr so, as toy enabletheshipper te Conferrn to any irregularities Stich asl bumps-inthe wall et the can andthe. endsof` Wh hjgare shaped to. tightlycooperate with Atlielerids of the can,

2, ya. shipper tor., oanshf pershahlegoode i Surh tas.. iceg-,cr@aan comprising@ molded. rubber construction nCludin-gacontainerfprQner and ato-ptherefor and 'a strap;..f.er anchor .ing the tapto the.,container-propere Said strap being formed tojserveiasfahandle.

3. A.. Shipper' for @fariseii.pars.hablej goods, sueh. asiCeGrea-nn eomprsinga .molded rubber corstruetionincluding. a' container proper and a top therefor, and a strap, for z iriyclioigy ine the t0n to the Container piepen. said Strapheng .formed to serve; as a, handley and having one of its vends @cemented 1t@ ah-nge serving .to hingecllyieonnectthe ten te the container proper and having its other end arranged fercooreratleh Withaheekle .carriefl-hyf the-containen. ..1 Y f 1 4... InV a shipper forl Cansotyperishable goods, Such for example "as, ice-cream, a molded plastie 'construction Ashaped :tey con,-

fornt with the, outer configuration of tthe can 5.. Ing ornhin-at-0n,l a ofi perishable goorlsto. be Shipped. and.. a shipper for 're ceiving said can and formed t0 conformi with the shaped @heran-,said shrrercomprsihg a @entamer proper forereceivine ther major part. o the. and alten designedfor tight Also it is to be noted that the cover cooperation with the container and shaped to conform with the top of the can, said container proper and top of the shipper having a plurality of protuberances formed in each of their internal surfaces for spacing the can from the inner surface of the Wall of the container and the top, thus forming air pockets between the shipper and can.

6. In combination, a can of perishable goods to be shipped, and a shipper for receiving said can and formed to conform with Vthe shape of the can, said shipper comprising 

